Chapter 44 (1/2)
1 a.m., the corridor of the motel’s second floor was quiet and pitch black.
The atmosphere was faintly sinister.
Suddenly, a bizarre figure could be seen pacing back and forth in the corridor.
Its body was covered in fresh blood, its pale face resembled a dead person. It had a blank look on it now.
Where is this place?
Who am I?
He continued pacing back and forth, blankly surveying his surroundings. Only after a long time did he discover that he seemed to be in the corridor of a motel.
He felt that his thinking speed was extremely slow. There were many things he couldn’t remember.
He also felt very tired and weak. He needed a good sleep.
Then he began to walk toward his room. Making the motion of pushing open his door, he entered.
In truth, his body simply passed through the door, like his body was something illusory.
This room was a double room. Other than him, he had one more colleague.
He suddenly remembered that he was a mechanical engineer. This time around, he came to Dongning City with his colleague because a machine produced by their company had some sort of problem. He was here to examine and fix the machine.
His colleague hadn’t slept yet, tossing and turning on the bed, clearly suffering from insomnia.
Staring at his colleague, without a clear reason, he gradually felt an intense sense of anger in his heart.
His calm face then became contorted and malevolent.
…
“There’s a ghost!”
A sharp scream rang out, spreading through the entire corridor.
After that, the door was pushed open. “HELP ME, SOMEONE! HELP ME PLEASE!”
Chen Shouyi was shocked awake by this sudden scream.
The shell girl curling up beside him was also awake. Her eyes opened into a slit due to drowsiness. She glanced at Chen Shouyi before flipping around and returning to her sleep.
What happened?
He hesitated for a moment and then quickly put on his clothes.
When he opened the door, his sharp senses could feel a strange chill in the air. It felt like the corridor had air-conditioning.
Not far away, an old man about fifty to sixty years of age lay limp on the ground. He seemed to have been badly frightened, his hands clenching around his head as he tried to press himself into the wall.
He spoke in fear, his voice was filled with sobbing tone as his body trembled violently.
“Please, don’t come over!
“Little Zhang, there’s a creditor for every debt. The one that caused your death wasn’t me. When I return, I will definitely burn you some incense and kowtow to apologize!
“It’s true that I didn’t help you, but I have parents to support and children to take care of. I was afraid too!”
On this cold and gloomy night, the voice of the old man was abnormally horrifying.
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What made Chen Shouyi feel strange was that he basically couldn’t see who the old man was talking to. It was like there was an invisible entity ahead of him.
At this moment, many people secretly opened their doors slightly, creating a gap as they stared over.
After some time, many people saw Chen Shouyi standing in the corridor and nothing else happened. Finally, quite a few guests felt emboldened enough to walk out. They were speaking in soft voices, pointing at the old man as they discussed.
“This man should be a colleague of the person who died, right?”
“I think so, it seemed like he has gone crazy. Ghost? Where’s the ghost? Why don’t I see it?”
“He might have done some shameful deed and has a guilty conscience!”
At any time, there would always be no lack of people who loved drama. Very soon, the corridor became extremely lively. But not a single person dared to move near to the old man. Everyone was watching from afar.
They would rather believe that ghosts were real than to risk it. These were the thoughts of the majority of the crowd.
Truthfully speaking, Chen Shouyi also felt some horror when facing this bizarre incident.
Ever since the power failure yesterday night, this world seemed to become somewhat different.
Luckily, there was only a slight trace of fear in his heart. After all, he had killed over ten barbarians and even personally carried their corpses away for disposal. His guts were naturally not something ordinary people could compare to.
Chen Shouyi gritted his teeth. He summoned his courage and walked toward the old man, feeling curious as to how a ghost would look like
Fear came from the mysterious unknown. He who had been entering the Otherworld would have to face such things sooner or later.
Also, he believed that even if there were ghosts, since the intensity of the mysterious forcefield was still extremely low, the ghost wouldn’t be overly powerful. In addition, the ghost had just become one; he was killed not too long ago.
“Little brother, don’t go over. What if there really is a ghost?” A young man warned Chen Shouyi out of goodwill upon seeing him preparing to head over.